by Chamidae FordOn a Tuesday evening, people from all over the world gathered in a virtual room to watch a discussion on the new anthology Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century.The discussion was…
Today is the last day you sign up for the Sacramento Public Library's Disabled Film Festival, Superfest Sacramento.That evening, from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m., festival goers can watch a collection of nine short films selected by disability…
Getty ImagesOTTAWA - United Nations (UN) human rights experts are alarmed by what they believe is a growing trend to enact laws that provide medical assistance to the dying of people suffering from non-terminal, disabled…
The United Nations Human Rights Bureau said bills to extend euthanasia to people with disabilities "would institutionalize and legally approve capacity-consciousness."…
Washington DC, Jan 27, 2021 / 4:17 p.m. MT (CNA).- A disability rights organization commended the United Nations human rights experts for condemning voluntary euthanasia on the basis of disability.
On Monday, three UN human rights experts…
When Anna Landre (SFS '21) began her first full-time summer internship after her first year at Georgetown University, she was greeted with a fun and educational summer experience. Instead, she nearly lost the disabled services she could…
Malta has just welcomed its second disability commissioner, Samantha Pace Gasan, 27. Her vision is to revolutionize everyday infrastructure and education to make it more accessible for people with disabilities.
"As Commissioner, my aim…
The 28-year-old Fraser is paralyzed from the neck down, but has developed a great social medium through his visionsThe honest Henry Fraser believes the coronavirus pandemic has taken his platform to new heights as a spokesperson for people…